6 Months, 4 Weeks.

Jack is a situational crawler. He only crawls for things like the remote, Grace's food and his plush multi-colored ball. He does have a new past time-- spitting. Spitting bubbles. He will do it at anyone at any time. Especially during church and public speeches. This week, he likes to say "uhhh" and and something that sounds like "yay". Daniel and I have also noticed that one of his legs seems to be progressing in the right direction, but we will get confirmation on that next week!

Happy Valentine's Day Mama

I AM CRAWLING!!! For Valentine's Day, Jack finally decided to start crawling. It's official. He gets his hips up, his legs under him- and there is nothing he can't get to...

Clapping

Now that Jack is clapping, he won't stop! He finally got it this morning when Grace and I were playing with vowel sounds. He claps when Grace enters the room, when he hears music, and when he is proud of himself.

Mr. Tower of Babble Himself

6 Month Update on Moose

Jack is truly turning into a MOOSE. At 6 months he is 17 and a half pounds, and as the doctor says this is great news-- he is in the 50% for his weight and height, my experience is with the 5%. I am used to snackers. He is a tank when it comes to food. Jack eats about 32-40 oz of formula a day, a cup of rice cereal and three or four jars of baby food plus his baby food snacks. He is constantly calling Papa- da da da. He makes MOOSE calls at Grace, and saves the alligator tears for lucky me. He is beginning to bring his legs under him, so he will be officially crawling here soon, but will get anything he wants that is within creeping distance. He LOVES his jumper, and has about 6 toys that he will play with. He could still care less of what is on TV unless it is Curious George or Football. He hates his diapers and would rather be naked since he has discovered what makes him a boy. His legs haven't improved or worsened. His hip joint has some inflammation which the doctors are keeping an eye on. And last night was his first night that he slept the WHOLE night in his crib. When he got up at 5, I brought him back to bed with us as a reward. Unlike Grace who was a great sound sleeper, Jack would wake up every time Daniel or I tossed and turned. Jack also is an active sleeper, so in order to save our spines and our mattress (from spilled baby milk) we had to curb the co-sleeping. As long as Jack isn't tugging on Grace's hair, the two of them seem to get along great. We continue to be blessed by our children.

Jack's first Super Bowl

Well, I did have some pics to post, but they aren't posting right now. However, Jack enjoyed his first super bowl. In the words of his Papa "Football has his name written all over it..."

Jack's First Fingerpainting

Grace was a little younger, but Jack did his first finger painting experience yesterday. He did really well-- didn't eat the paint at all. Just enjoyed pounding it on the paper with his hands. Here is the result.

What a difference a week makes

Jack has amazed us. At the end of next week he will be six months. He has really come into his own this week. I think his jumper gives him a new confidence with his legs. He is kicking more, LOVES to jump, and moves backwards when on the floor. Unlike Grace, who snacked and still does... Jack EATS. This is hard for me to adjust too-- because I feel like I am OVER feeding him. Jack eats two of those gerber baby food jars a day, 4 oz of juice, and 32 oz of formula. Like I said-- the dude EATS. Also, Grace was active and always ready to play, and Jack is pretty chill. His "play" mood is really in the afternoon or early evening and even then he will only entertain himself with a toy for a few minutes. Daniel has started recording football games to keep, since that seems to be the other thing that REALLY gets Jack going besides his jumper. Jack LOVES watching football. He has also started to pair the phonemes "DADA" with Daniel, so I think we will start exposing him to sign language. Wow... what a difference once week makes!

First Christmas

Moose didn't last....

The Last Ten Days

You wouldn't believe me even if I had pictures or a video camera. But the last ten days have been a roller coaster of nursing sick babies. Grace was sick starting on the 9th, Jack got sick on the 10th sick, we had baby Gabby for a few days who bless her heart was also sick, Grace was sick again (all over couches and beds) Thursday-Sunday, and then this morning we had to take Jack to the ER. He now has sepsis and an ear infection. How the heck he got a blood infection is beyond me. But I am thanking God this afternoon that I was at the right place at the right time (as we were walking into the heath clinic he started to turn blue), and that we are not dealing with the 2005/2006 Gutherie. I was very pleased how Jack was handled/treated this morning. They did baby CPR, x-rays, an iv, blood tests, urine and fecal tests... and Jack was a trooper through the whole thing even falling asleep while they were putting in the catheter. We have to go back for three days for Jack to get a series of shots of antibiotics. So... last Friday I thought I was done with sick babies... hopefully, by Saturday I will be done with sick babies... for at least awhile.

Jack's Four Month Update

At four and a half months, Jack is doing very well. He is 15 pounds and 24 inches long which puts him in the 20% catagory. His numbers are doing well, so the doctor has lowered his vitamin intake. And they are surprised at his developmental progress. He is functioning as a six month old. So we are now allowed to get him some time with a jumper or an excerisaucer. Just in the past few days he is holding his own bottle, rolling better and starting to do some creeping. Next week he will start his physical therapy for his legs.

Jack's Baptism

We ended our Thanksgiving Weekend with Jack's Baptism back home with Dr. Perry.